WEEK 2
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http://www.brainpopesl.com/ (Links to an external site.)
I added Brain POP ESL into my search, because I know when I had the iPad or computer center going in my
classroom, my students loved Brain Pop; the videos, quizzes, flashcards and activities engage the students
and yet keep them learning.
http://bogglesworldesl.com/ (Links to an external site.)
It is a website for teachers, which come from ESL teachers in Asia and North America. It has a lot of lesson
ideas, worksheets, and flashcards and activity ideas to use with ESL students.
2
http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/05/international_day_for_biological_diversity.html
This specific page provides a link to a short listening exercise about National Biodiversity Day. It is then
followed by a series of activities for different levels of proficiency - some exercises have internal and external
word banks, other do not, some require matching item, or provide multiple choice options.
3
http://www.eslfast.com/robot/, Offers more than 1,500 conversation in English on 25 topics. Many of the topics
are adult-oriented, such as buying a house, However, quite a few deal with social situations and life skills,
including socializing, dating, taking the bus, food and shopping.
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http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/resource/ESL/standards.html
The two resources for standards that seem to be most comprehensive are from TESOL, but you have to pay
to buy their book of standards. More useful are the free resource standards from the New York State
department of Education. I chose this standard because any good teacher knows that you don't plan a lesson
that isn't aligned to a learning outcome or standard.
5
http://en.childrenslibrary.org
It is an online library. It has both books in English and books in other languages. I thought it would be very
helpful for children who are working on literacy in their native language since this week our textbook explained
the importance of that.
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ESL-kids.com (Links to an external site.)
This is a great website that offers things such as flashcards for matching (such as days of the week, family
members, etc) a worksheet generator (where teachers can either choose a theme or create a customized list
of words to focus on, suggestions for classroom games which can get the entire class involved - something
simple like "alphabet shout out" in which the teacher shouts a letter of the alphabet and points to a student
who has to say a word that starts with that letter - this is also a great way to get kids up and moving!
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http://www.dlenm.org/, (Links to an external site.) which is the Dual Language of New Mexico page. New
Mexico is one of the best known states with dual language programs. They are also known for GLAD. This
website offers educators tons of resources on how to address the domains of language, like this nice lesson
on how to plan for differentiated questioning
strategies: http://www.dlenm.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=486 (Links to an external
site.). This site also covers assessment, advocacy, and you can sign up for their newsletter.
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http://www.colorincolorado.org/educators/teaching/ (Links to an external site.)
The site I chose was Colorin Colorado. The entire site is dedicated to identifying and supporting ELL students
for educators, administrators, and parents. There is a plethora of information about how to develop certain
skills, how to scaffold students from one level to the next.
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http://www.manythings.org/videos/tom/1.html
This website offers sentences for students to say and repeat. There are video’s that show the sentence while saying it.
This offers students the chance to hear the words while seeing them and also practice the sentences.
10
http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/Tinitial.htm
I found this website interesting because it has a number of different resources. An ELL teacher can find
lessons for teaching grammar, spelling, reading, writing, and listening, as well as classroom handouts and
presentation ideas.
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www.eslflow.com/ToolsforTeacher.html
This website gave a variety of tools for teachers to use to supplement/differentiate those students whose
primary language is not English. I would recommend it for anyone who is looking for Spelling/Writing support
for SLA students. One of the tools I liked a lot was the sentence/paragraph scrambler.
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http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/speaking_situations.html
This website offers a variety of great resources for speaking, listening, writing, etc. But, today I am sharing the
direct link for teaching and learning Speaking skills. There are a variety of links that you can click on which will
offer you a list of vocabulary and phrases.
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http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/learning/daily (Links to an external site.) - This is a helpful website in all
areas of development growth in ESL, especially for children. It provides games, activities, quizzes, study tips,
and “Egon” a talking dragon.
https://www.yakitome.com/tts/text_to_speech/YAKiToMe-Text-To-Speech-Tutorial?b=None# (Links to an
external site.) - This is a website that provides text to speech. This is a great tool for a teacher to be able to
type in a sentence and have a child hear it in their first language and then in English.
http://a4esl.org/ (Links to an external site.) - This website is a great tool for the student’s to use to enhance
their learning. It provides quizzes in all languages and from easy to hard. It provides quizzes in different
Grammar and Vocabulary areas. Along with fun games like crosswords.
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http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/
Screencast-o-matic is a website that allows you to capture a video of what is happening on your computer screen with
along with a recording of your voice. This could be a cool way to help ESL students practice their listening skills and
provide them with a way to listen to a lesson as many times as they need to in order to feel comfortable with the
material.
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http://www.eslgold.com/
This website has something for everyone whether you are the ESL student or teacher or perhaps just want to
practice your English. The site is not just divided up by topics such as reading, writing, speaking, listening but
also by levels from low or high beginner to low or high intermediate to advanced.
WEEK 3
1
https://www.yakitome.com/tts/text_to_speech/Audrey?b=536966# (Links to an external site.)
This website is a free website, which is beneficial for speaking and listening. Yakittome, is a website that translates
text to speech. It gives students and adults who are learning another language opportunities to type in anythingsentences, words, etc, then choose a pre-generated readers voice in any language and listen to what they wrote.
2
http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/id-mngs.html (Links to an external site.).
This would be useful link to post on a teacher webpage for ESL students to use a a reference guide for idioms. The
idioms are organized alphabetically, and the site is quite comprehensive in terms of the number of idioms included.
3
http://otranscribe.com/ (Links to an external site.)
This website has an app that allows you to transcribe a video either from a file or You Tube, and saves you the
trouble of flipping back and forth between screens. Where I think this could be really useful is when you want to
show a video in English to L2 learners.
http://www.esljigsaws.com/ (Links to an external site.)
Although this website is Canadian-based and has materials for sale, there are several good resources (such as
Christmas jigsaws) that are free to download . The website also offer lessons on soft skills, such as learning how to
bargain and other etiquette tips.
4
http://bogglesworldesl.com/cards.htm
http://esl-kids.com/flashcards/flashcards.html
http://www.eslflashcards.com/
All three of these sites contain a plethora of vocabulary-developing flashcards specifically targeted toward ELL
students. The sites allow you to search flashcards by category (weather or holidays for instance), so if you are
working in a particular unit, you can get a set of flashcards that match your unit. Many of the flashcards also have
visuals on them, so students are learning to pair a visual cue to the vocabulary word.
5
http://www.esl4kids.net/fingerplays.html
This website looked like it had a lot of good resources but I chose to focus on the finger play section. There are
about 20 different finger plays listed along with the oral and physical instructions for each.
6
www.vocabulary.co.il
The website describes it as "Vocabulary.co.il is a fun educational website dedicated to helping you build reading,
phonics, or English language skills. We offer Free Online Word Games which are specifically designed to build
vocabulary skills and to motivate people to learn through fun practice in spelling, phonics, and vocabulary."
7
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ This is an international library which features digital books in many languages,
including low-incidence languages. Some of these books also have audio.
8
http://web.educastur.princast.es/proyectos/nea/nea_english/Presentacion/Presentacion.swf
This is a resource for early English language learners to use. It is comprised of different vocabulary games. There
are different levels. The user can chose what topic of vocabulary to learn (i.e., farm animals, family members, food,
transportation etc.).
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http://www.teflgames.com/games.html (Links to an external site.)
This website offers free ESL games and quizzes. The games include printable cards that can be used to match opposites,
phrases, and games using the cards to guess the words based on given clues.
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http://iteslj.org/questions/
This website gives teachers lists of topics in which you have have your ELL students pair up with non-ELL and have
conversations about these topics.
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http://www.queenslibrary.org/services/health-info/english-for-your-health/teacher-beginner-level (Links to an
external site.)
This website is FILLED with lesson plans and activities that focus on beginner knowledge of Health for
English Language Learners.
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http://www.answers.com/library/Idioms
This is a link to The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, by Christine Ammer, published
by Houghton Mifflin Company
"The Dictionary of Idioms contains idiomatic words and phrases, slang terms, figures of
speech, common proverbs and metaphors, each clearly defined and illustrated with at least
one sample sentence or quotation. It is produced in consultation with the editors of The
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition."
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http://www.languagecourse.net/helpful-resources-for-esl-teachers-and-students.php (Links to an external site.)
This website provides both resources to the students and the teachers. For the students it has:
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ESL Quizzes (Links to an external site.)
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English Everyday (Links to an external site.)
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Time Practice Test (Links to an external site.)
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Say What ESL (Links to an external site.)
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The OWL at Purdue (Links to an external site.)
ESL Resource Center (Links to an external site.)
http://ell.stanford.edu/teaching_resources/math (Links to an external site.)
This website contains materials that are adapted from the Inside Mathematics and Mathematics Assessment Project
to help ESL learners. The goal of these programs is to help students work through Common Core math tasks, and
being able to make sense of problems is a challenging task for all students.
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http://www.nea.org/home/37022.htm (Links to an external site.)
This article found on the NEA website offers valuable information about communicating with ELL parents and how to
welcome them into your classroom. It also provides several links that give helpful suggestions for how to get your
parents more involved.
WEEK 4
1
http://www.learningchocolate.com/
Learning Chocolate is designed to help students “memorize English, Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin), or Spanish
vocabulary in an easy, fun way that really works. The exercises use pictures, sounds, and games to make learning a
new language as fun as enjoying a piece of chocolate!”
Once on the site, you can choose the target language, “then choose any vocabulary topic link from the homepage to
start learning new words. After reviewing the vocabulary, you can play up to 5 fun games to see what you
memorized!
2
https://translate.google.com
This is an awesome and fun tool to use to translate any vocabulary in English to one of about 80 different
languages! Just type in the word in English, choose the language for translation and voila`!
3
http://www.wida.us/DownloadDocs/assessment/ACCESS/ACCESS_Sample_Items.pdf (Links to an external site.)
This is a link to view the Sample Items on the ACCESS for ELLs. I know this might be premature to include this for
this class, but I was curious to see sample items in the four domains from grades 1 - 12. What I think is helpful
about this website is that it shows the structure of the questions and content across L2 proficiency and grade levels.
4
https://newsela.com/ (Links to an external site.)
This digital resource requires that you sign up, but don't worry, it's free. This resource is amazing if you teach
reading, Social Studies or science. The magic of this resource is what it can do for you in differentiating for your
students of varying reading abilities.
5
http://www.esl-library.com/blog/ (Links to an external site.) I was very impressed with this website. I spent most of
my time in the blog section of it, but as a whole it looks great. One page I found was specific to journal writing. It
provided tips and ideas for teachers regarding how to start or continue implementing journal activities.
6
http://breakingnewsenglish.com/ (Links to an external site.)
This website has interesting news articles geared more towards upper grade students. The articles are geared
towards helping an English Language Learners listening and reading skills. The website allows the leaner to
listen to a short current events article and while following along in print form.
7
http://iteslj.org/games/ (Links to an external site.)
This site has many games and activities on different topics that students can play and engage in in order to
practice listening, reading, and speaking.
8
http://www.brainpopesl.com (Links to an external site.)
Brain Pop ESL offers activities, movies, and games for ELL of all levels. The site provides 3 different
proficiency levels for students to work in, which build upon each other. The primary focus is on grammar
concepts and vocabulary.
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http://www.eslactivities.com/index.php (Links to an external site.)
This website is a great resource for games and activities. It has options for crossword puzzles, hangman, spelling
challenge, and word scramble. My favorite is the bingo card creator option.
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http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php (Links to an external site.)
This website provides teachers with various videos in which your ESL students could watch and there are
corresponding quizzes next to the video so the student can work on their reading and listening skills.
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http://pbskids.org/mayaandmiguel/english/games/index.html
On Maya and Miguel, students are able to select different categories such as sports, cooking, music, animals and
more. In each category, Maya or Miguel integrate English and Spanish speaking while practicing reading and
selecting common English words. This is beneficial to ELL students who are in need of listening and repeating
practice. A good time to use this website would be during independent read time (my two Spanish speaking ELL
students cannot read, so I place them on websites similar to this where they can listen to stories).
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https://www.eslpod.com/eslpod_blog/what-is-esl-podcast/ (Links to an external site.)
This website is a link to an ESL podcast which can be downloaded on any computer, apple devise, mp3 player,
etc. The ESL podcasts help students learn pronunciation and word usage in a conversational context.
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http://www.5minuteenglish.com/ (Links to an external site.)
This helpful website offers a variety of lessons and exercises for students. It provides lesson plans for grammar,
reading, vocabulary, listening, pronunciation, and slang/idioms.
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http://www.cal.org/siop/lesson-plans/ (Links to an external site.)
This website provides teachers with general information about SIOP lesson planning. It also provides some quality
examples of lesson planning in the SIOP format divided by grade level.
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http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/index.cgi (Links to an external site.)
Dave’s ESL Café website has a wide range of resources for teachers and students. The contributors to the site are
teachers from all over the world. One of my favorite sections was suggestions for grouping students. I love using
cooperative learning groups in my classroom and this site offered several innovative suggestions.
WEEK 5
1
http://www.magicblox.com/
The site provides students of all ages-prek-middle school with a variety of books to read or listen to. Its a
subscription site, like netflix- you can get a ladybug pass-which is free and what I subscribed for, and you are able
to choose one book to use of a month, and then pick another book the next month and so forth.Basically you get a
book of your choice to use every month.
2
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/678/01/ (Links to an external site.).
This site provides printable handouts about Grammar and Mechanics, as well as section defying plagiarism and how
to avoid it, that would be helpful for students.
3
www.tools4noobs.com/summarize/
and
http://www.wordle.net/
The tools4noobs website is a great resource to summarize and simplify complex text. The auto-summarize
tool offers several different ways to display text, including a summary in paragraph form, a list of "best" words and
frequency of the appearance of the words in the text, as well as a summary format which shows highlights
keywords.
4
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php (Links to an external site.)
This site allows you to build rubrics for any project or performance task you so desire. By creating a rubric ahead of
time, you are setting up your students for success by providing a clear set of criteria that will prove that they have
mastered the content.
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http://esl.fis.edu/parents/ (Links to an external site.)
(Links to an external site.)This week I wanted to focus on tips for parents, since it is report card time. I found this
webpage that provided tips for working with their children. I think sharing this with a parent would help them
become adjusted to, what might be, a new school system/experience.
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www.dogonews.com (Links to an external site.)
This is one of my favorite sites. It contains news articles and video clips that can be sorted by categories such as
Current Events, Science, Social Studies, Did You Know?, General, Entertainment, International, Amazing, Fun, and
Videos. As a teacher I appreciate the ability for students to delve into topics of interest whether it's reading about
interesting animals or watching a short video on how to vote.
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eslgold.com/speaking/phrases.html
This website provides different speaking resources for English Learners, such as learning conversation phrases in
different contexts. It seems to be a great resource for High School students who may be at low levels of English
Language Proficiency.
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http://www.eslgold.com/speaking.html
This website offers a wide range of resources of both teachers and students. It is divided into different topics
such as speaking, writing, listening grammar, reading, vocabulary. For student it offers sounds of phrases that
might be useful while talking with others. It is broken into different topics so that the students can narrow their
choices.
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http://eslus.com/eslcenter.htm (Links to an external site.)
This is an extremely useful website. It provides lessons and exercise activities for grammar, reading, writing, vocab,
idioms, spelling, pronunciation, and listening.
10
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/english-language-games/ (Links to an external site.)
This site provides a number of games to help ESL students develop their vocabulary. There are matching games in
which the student picks a card and it shows a picture of say a "sheep," it says the word sheep out loud for the
student and also has the word sheep written under the picture.
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http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/elementary_sites_ells_71638.php
The online resource that I chose this week is Everything ESL. I like this website because it is filled with resources to use
with beginner and intermediate ELL students. It is student oriented and has many external links to help with support.
12
http://www.funenglishgames.com/topics/writing.html
I was really inspired by the interactive activities the reading offered this week so I found a site that has a variety of
free games that ELL students can use to improve their English.
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http://www.eslcafe.com/
Dave's ESL Café is an Internet meeting place for ESL and EFL students and teachers from around the world. It
includes news of interest to the ESL community, a job posting center, and resources for teachers and students,
including an expansive grammar lesson section, a chat room, and a help center.
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http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html
This site provides students with links to various news stories shared by CNN SF and CBS 5. The stories can be
sorted by topic, and each article is provided as the original story, an abridged story, and a story outline.
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http://www.5minuteenglish.com/
This website offers several quick lessons in grammar, reading, writing, listening, and pronunciation. My favorite part
is the section called “Idioms/Slang.”
WEEK 6
1
www.eslgamesworld.com (Links to an external site.)
This site helps teachers bring fun to the classroom, while still having the students exposed and immersed in core
curriculum skills. There are multiple components to this site, not just games. There are classroom tools available,
templates and worksheets, and much more that can be printed out.
2
http://www.wordle.net (Links to an external site.). You can paste in a text selection and wordle creates an artsy
version of the text where the most prominent words appear larger. This is a creative way to display key vocabulary
and concepts on a word wall and keep students focused on the big ideas.
3
http://www.csun.edu/science/ref/language/teaching-ell.html (Links to an external site.)
I am always looking for ways to improve instruction for ELL's in our co-taught biology class. Although this
website is somewhat off the beaten path, the title, "Strategies for Teaching Science to English Language
Learners," grabbed my attention right away. Among the strategies: use closed captioning, write down key
terms. use manual control over videos, so that videos can be paused and repeated for emphasis, providing
students with with an outline of your lecture so ELL's can follow along, and developing a common classroom
lexicon.
4
http://www.5minuteenglish.com (Links to an external site.)
This website's description on it's home page says it all: "Learning English as a second language (ESL) is not always
easy, but it should be fun. 5 Minute English has been designed to give you short and easy explanations and
exercises." I would use this resource to generate lessons for Bell Ringers, aka Do Nows, aka the activity you have
students complete as soon as they enter the classroom.
5
https://www.naeyc.org/files/tyc/file/WhatECENeedToKnow.pdf (Links to an external site.)
This is a little more untraditional since it is an article rather than a website. Although NACEY is a very important
organization all early childhood teachers should be aware of, they offer a lot of information to teachers on their
website. This page is an article, or overview, specific to early childhood ELL learners. It provides scenarios, a simple
explanation of different programs, and an outline of what a lot of children are experiencing.
6
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/literacy/writing_workshop.html (Links to an external site.)
This is a great website that can provide some valuable information for the Week 7 Activity. It basically guides
teachers who are interested in starting or further developing a Writer's Workshop. It has valuable advice such as
how much time to allot for each component of a writers workshop.
7
esl-galaxy.com
This website provides writing activities and graphic organizers for grammar, vocabulary, games, and interactive
exercises, including worksheet e-books for English Learners.
eslpod.com
This website provides podcasts on real world situations, such as buying theatre tickets, describing stomach
problems, etc. This is helpful for newcomers and ELs at low levels of English Proficiency .
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http://bogglesworldesl.com/ (Links to an external site.)
This website offers a variety of lesson activity ideas. Units vary from Christmas, how to ask a question, rhyming
words, to specific situations (ie, visiting the doctor, going on a job interview). The units include crosswords,
flashcards, word searches, readers theaters, spelling sheets, writing prompts, reading passages
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http://esl-kids.com/eslgames/eslgames.html (Links to an external site.)
This great website provides resources such as class games, worksheets, songs, flashcards, and
lessons. There is a plethora of information that can be used to support ESL and make class more
fun. It also provides multiple links for even more ESL fun. These links include a YouTube channel,
free materials site, and more. The games are fun and interactive.
10
http://a4esl.org/
This contains activities for ESL students to work on their grammar and vocabulary. This resource
allows students to take quizzes is in grammar, vocabulary, crosswords, and even bilingual. I like the idea that
students can take the bilingual quizzes because I think these would be easier for students who are just starting there
ESL education.
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http://eslkidslab.com/phonics/index.html
This is the phonics component that is provided on the website. My school provides a phonics program called Jolly
Phonics. The program is built for middle of the road student. There are no add-ins or any help supplied to the
teacher for lower or ESL students.
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http://www.english-4kids.com/games.html
This resource provides a large list of games, power points, lesson plans, activities, and ideas for teaching and
learning English. There is so many great resources packed into this one site that can be useful in the classroom and
at home for students. Just to name a few of the games this site has to offer: Taboo, Jeopardy, Sentence Monkey,
and Math Exerciser.
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http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc.htm (Links to an external site.)
This website focuses on learning the correct pronunciation while learning English. The website provides helpful
lessons and tools to learn this.
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http://eslblogs.waketech.edu/resources/2014/10/17/using-music-in-the-esl-classroom/
This blog offers several suggestions on ways teachers could incorporate music into their ESL classrooms. The site
mentions the benefits of music inclusion and highlights strategies that allow teachers to address reading, writing,
vocabulary, cultural awareness through song.
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http://www.tefltunes.com/search/searchall.aspx?name=public (Links to an external site.)
I found this website this week when I was looking for songs to use with ESL lessons. The site ultimately requires a
subscription but offers several free lessons with Christmas songs that may just be enough to use for the holidays
without spending any money. The website shares the lessons in pdf format and includes the level, task, and theme
of the songs.
WEEK 7
1
www.welcome.eslreadingsmart.com Founded in 2000, Archipelago Learning is a leading subscription-based,
software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of supplemental education products. It is a comprehensive digital
supplemental product that uses technology to transform education.
2
http://www.hippocampus.org Here you find a myriad of video lectures, simulations, and text correlated resources
across disciplines that could be used as support for course content across proficiency levels.
3
http://www.readinghorizons.com/blog (Links to an external site.)
Although this website is connected to a commercial site (reading horizons), I found several brief, but useful,
postings related to teaching ELL's. The content in several of the articles are in a list format or numbered
format.
4
http://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/esl
There are lists of books for teachers to develop lesson and unit plans for English Language Learners. There are
also lists of books perfect for ELLs young and old. I would use this list to make sure I had some of these titles for my
classroom library.
5
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/678/1/ (Links to an external site.)
This site is very helpful, I have used it many times for myself in the past. It teaches students about basic grammar
concepts. This site is helpful for all students, but they have a section specific for ESL students. They give clear
definitions and examples on how to use different aspects of English grammar. At the bottom of the page they have
tips on how to write business letters specific to different cultures.
6
www.extension.missouri.edu/hes/Childcare/promoteliteracy.pdf (Links to an external site.)
I found the above website when searching for a website that would help promote literacy through the Fine Arts. This
website lists "Activities for Promoting Early Literacy," crucial in getting students of any age excited about language.
It's a pdf full of activities that can be used in the classroom not only with native speakers but those being exposed to
the English language for the first time as well.
7
bogglesworldesl.com.
This website is a word game type of site with blank templates included. It has word games on action verbs, past
tense, rhymes and opposites, adverbs, adjectives and descriptions, etc.
8
http://www.teflgames.com/games.html (Links to an external site.)
This website offers a variety of games that promote language development. There are games like 20 questions,
matching games (synonyms and antonyms), and a variety of quizzes ranging from beginning to advanced levels.
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http://www.usingenglish.com/teachers/ (Links to an external site.)
This website offers free printables and quizzes for teachers use. Things are separated by beginning
and intermediate learners. It also has pdf lesson plans that can be saved and used. There are also
articles that provide information things like games and activities that are effective for ESL learners.
Another perk to this website is that it offers dictionaries and other reference tools such as phrasal
verbs and English use resources.
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http://www.colorincolorado.org/educators/reachingout/outreach/
For this week’s digital resource, I found a site that gave tips for reaching out the ELL's parents. I personally, think
that this is a site everyone should have because it lays out how a teacher should go about talking with the parents of
an ELL student when there is a problem or the ELL student is struggling.
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http://www.justbooksreadaloud.com/
It is filled with over six hundred books that can be selected and then read aloud by a digital reader who reads in a
slow and steady voice. I am sure this source can be used with all students who have not yet learned to read or with
parents who cannot read or do not know English, however, I find it most beneficial to those parents who are in need
of help at home to provide support to their students.
12
www.brainpop.com There is a Brainpop site dedicated to ELL. Brainpop is an interactive website dedicated to
teaching students English through animated videos, study tools, worksheets, quizzes, and games. It has a lot to
offer both the teacher and the students. The site divides the levels of ELL into levels 1-3 and provide of a variety of
great reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities for each.
13
http://www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html (Links to an external site.)
This site is aimed for younger children. It offers math, reading, fun, and playground. ESL students can use it to
make their reading lessons more fun. Play the reading games or the Spell Check quiz to practice your spelling.
14
http://www.answers.com/library/Idioms (Links to an external site.)
This site would be helpful for students who are reading material in the classroom and come across phrases or words
that seem peculiar. If reading in the classroom, these phrases could be addressed with the class or in groups. If
students are reading at home, they might find this site to be useful. Idioms are organized alphabetically on pages,
but you can also type something in and search for it's meaning that way.
15
http://www.elcivics.com/ (Links to an external site.)
This website has a ton of activities including as the names states: English Language Civics. The lessons are
designed to give information about U.S. history, civics, and government in small doses instead of long pieces that
overload and confuse. There are also sections about holidays celebrated in the United States and sections related
to daily living skills. One of the most interesting pieces is a section with e-books that can be downloaded and used
with adult ESL students.
WEEK 8
1
www.eslgamesplus.com
This is a free site, I signed up for it already! It has a great amount of resources. Resources include; interactive
games, printable(s) and videos, as well as power points to use and share with your students as a whole group, or
again individual, partner work, in centers and daily five or centers in general.
2
https://newsela.com
Here you can find non-fiction up-to-date or archived news articles in variety of topics including Science, Health, Law,
Sports, Economic, and Art. What makes this site unique is that when you pull up an article, you can adjust the exile
reading level for the reading proficiency level of your students.
3
www.teachingchannel.org
The teaching channel offers many useful videos on a range of topics, including common core and ELL
instruction. There is a nice selection of informative posts., ranging from
"Five Key Strategies for ELL
Instruction" to a "Teacher Toolkit>
4
http://www.freereading.net/ (Links to an external site.)
This site is awesome! It has hundreds of pre-made lessons and activities for students who are struggling with
phonological concepts.
5
http://www.teach-this.com/esl-games/listening-games (Links to an external site.)
This website gives a variety of listening games for ESL students. I thought this was a great resource. It gave the
duration and group size needed for each activity. It also seems like you can pay a small fee for even more activities.
Some of these activities even come from different cultures, which would be great if there was a child from that
particular culture in your room.
6
www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/levels/easy/index.html (Links to an external site.)
This is a great website for all learning levels. While the website indicates "esl" it can actually be used with all
learners. The sections are broken up by:
Fun Games & Exercises For Beginners, Vocabulary Games for Beginner & Elementary Levels, Audio Memory
Games (one of my favorite, the learner reveals a picture and then has to match it to the audio version. For example,
a picture of cake is revealed and the learner has to fine the audio that says "I want a piece of cake."
-Exercise and Sports Vocabulary Game, the learner has to match the physical activity to the audio
Text Only Memory Games
7
rong-chang.com
This website offers writing practice for English Learners on sentences, idioms, vocabulary, and also offers other
writing exercises. It's updated very often so the exercises change.
8
http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php
This website provides teachers videos for ESL students to watch. Each video also provides a quiz about the
content of the video to promote reading and listening skills. Videos range in complexity from beginning to advanced
language skills.
9
http://eslamplified.blogspot.com/2013/02/amplifying-your-instruction-with-hands.html
This blog contains many great ideas from an ESL teacher. These ideas include hands on activity
examples which include the use of touch and feel books, describing secret objects, and drawing
hands to place objects in with words underneath describing the object.
10
http://iteslj.org/games/ (Links to an external site.)
For this weeks digital resource share, I found this website that has games and activities for ESL students. What I
really loved about this website is it had a number of games that get the students up and moving, using their bodies. I
think it is games like this that are great for ESL students because it helps them work on their listening skills.
11
http://www.eslkidstuff.com/esl-kids-lesson-plans.html#.VH0s2BstDmQ
This website is filled with social work and health lessons that all are standards in Kindergarten in my district. The
site provides a lesson plan printout, materials and activities that can be used in the lesson, and also a song for each
lesson. What drew me this website is all of the songs that are provided.
12
http://www.eslgamesplus.com/mobile-games/ (Links to an external site.)
This site is a full list of mobile ESL games for students. There is everything from counting and spelling exercises to
verbs and adjectives. The games are all accessible on iPad, HTML5, iPhone, Android and other Mobile Devices.
13
http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/50_essential_resources_for_esl_students/ (Links to an external site.)
This website contains over 50 different links to helpful ESL resources, including grammar & usage, spelling
pronunciation, vocabulary & writing, quizzes & worksheets, pod-casts, and YouTube Channels.
14
http://www.infosquares.com/eslvideo/index3.html (Links to an external site.)
This site contains short video clips from movies that students can watch. Each clip is followed by a few
questions. This gives students a chance to practice their listening comprehension and allows them to pause or
replay the videos as needed.
15
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/index.htm (Links to an external site.)
This is a great website that I have used several times over the years when teaching science. The site contains
videos and slide shows about a wide variety of math and science topics. The animated videos feature a group of
teens who share their knowledge in an interesting and fun way.